Last 23 Comments About Kidnap Movie

Geoff Pevere / 8, 06 2017 / Globe and Mail

Not only is Hopkins's Freddy incomparably more charismatic than any of his captors, he's the only one who, weirdly enough, seems to be enjoying the ordeal. But maybe that's simply a matter of pay scale.

Stephen Holden / 8, 16 2017 / New York Times

Starting as a coldly realistic thriller, this film eventually loses its bearings as the director Miguel Angel Vivas succumbs to a fit of nihilism, transforming "Kidnapped" into gruesome tit-for-tat torture porn.

Manohla Dargis / 8, 05 2017 / New York Times

The sole object lesson in the true-crime drama "Kidnapping Mr. Heineken" is that not every crime deserves its own movie.

Rex Reed / 8, 04 2017 / New York Observer

Anthony Hopkins plays the king of the hops, and he is excellent. So is the rest of the movie, a sober, no-frills account about the highest ransom ever collected up to that time-$10 million and counting.

Tom Long / 8, 27 2017 / Detroit News

Heineken may be weighed down by the predictable reality of actual events. Or it just may be lacking in electricity and depth. Either way, it's lacking.

Trevor Johnston / 8, 30 2017 / Time Out

One capably staged chase sequence apart, it's not one to set the pulse racing.

David Rooney / 8, 15 2017 / Hollywood Reporter

Gripping but grueling, this Spanish debut feature scores on technical prowess but its nihilistic viciousness is hard to take.

Chris Nashawaty / 8, 04 2017 / Entertainment Weekly

In just a few scenes, Hopkins conjures up some sorely needed fizz. But the low-key vibe of the film doesn't match the high-stakes audacity of the crime.

Nick Pinkerton / 8, 14 2017 / Village Voice

As most of Kidnapped is devoted to watching people in extreme duress, leaving room for little else, it follows that the film exists solely to be "intense."

Kyle Smith / 8, 04 2017 / New York Post

In 1983, five knuckleheads decided to strike it rich by kidnapping beer magnate Freddy Heineken. "Kidnapping Mr. Heineken" is a dull, trite thriller about their crime and undoing.

Joshua Rothkopf / 8, 15 2017 / Time Out

Some kind of napping for sure.

William Goss / 8, 19 2017 / Film.com

Survival horror has rarely been approached so sparingly and yet, for all there is to admire. the initial sense of potential suspense gives way to the creeping contempt of familiarity.

Andrew O'Hehir / 8, 16 2017 / Salon.com

My eyes never left the screen and my attention never wandered; in a restricted, technical sense of the term, "Kidnapped" is a masterpiece.

The true story of Freddy Heineken's kidnapping is fascinating, but "Kidnapping Mr. Heineken" is a disappointingly superficial film in which neither the kidnappers nor their captives are particularly interesting.

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